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Multiple industries
Beef cattle Other rural industries Sheep & lamb
Traceability
Research project

Livestock Data Link module animations

This project will deliver two "How To Guide" animation style videos to underpin the communication of Livestock Data …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    15 Mar 2020 -
    30 Nov 2020

Poultry
Research project

Mass Disposal Preparedness Project

This project develops a structured emergency decision making process to guide the disposal of infected material in the event of …
  • Funded by

    AgriFutures Australia

  • Project date

    11 Jun 2018 -
    29 Jan 2020

  • Research organisation

    Rosetta Management Consulting Pty Ltd

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Dairy Other rural industries Sheep & lamb
Research project

Best practice manual and training package for livestock exports by air

This project developed a comprehensive best practice manual and training package that addresses animal welfare management, current air freight best …
  • Funded by

    LiveCorp

  • Project date

    20 Apr 2021 -
    1 Jun 2022

Dairy
Animal technology
Research project

Clinical Mastitis Decision Support Tool

The project team will build a digital tool to help farmers and vets make better decisions about how they manage mastitis treatments so they can reduce the use of antibiotics and improve animal health.
  • Funded by

    Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre (Food Agility CRC)

  • Project date

    1 Apr 2021 -
    1 Apr 2024

  • Research organisations

    Charles Sturt University (CSU), University of Technology Sydney (UTS), University of Sydney

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Dairy Other rural industries Sheep & lamb
Traceability
Research project

Exotic disease preparedness for livestock ships

As part of efforts to increase the livestock export industry’s capacity to respond to an exotic animal disease incursion, …
  • Funded by

    LiveCorp

  • Project date

    1 Mar 2023 -
    24 May 2024

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Other rural industries Sheep & lamb
Traceability
Research project

Assessing real time tracking technologies

This project will conduct a global scan of end-to-end tracking technologies (existing and under development) to provide whole of life …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    15 Jun 2020 -
    15 Jun 2021

  • Research organisation

    Central Queensland University Australia (CQU)

Beef cattle
Research project

Evaluation of the benefits of shade for cattle feedlots

This project will evaluate the economic and animal welfare benefits of shade for feedlot cattle in a West Australian feedlot. …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    1 Jun 2020 -
    1 Jan 2023

  • Research organisation

    Murdoch University

Pork
Animal technology
Research project

Pig Welfare and Pork Provenance

This project will develop a system where information from tags on individual pigs can be used to quickly identify and respond to animal health issues in commercial piggeries, and create a digital record to share information through the supply chain.
  • Funded by

    Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre (Food Agility CRC)

  • Project date

    1 Jul 2022 -
    30 Jun 2025

  • Research organisation

    Curtin University

Beef cattle
Animal technology
Research project

Biomarkers for reducing non-compliance in beef carcases

This project aims to identify and generate a library of biomarkers, present in saliva samples, which may be linked to …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    13 Nov 2020 -
    20 Jun 2025

  • Research organisation

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Beef cattle
Research project

Central Australian Self Herding (CASH)

The purpose of this Producer Demonstration Site is to demonstrate the range of benefits that Self Herding can bring to …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    30 Mar 2020 -
    30 Jun 2028

Beef cattle
Research project

Risk factors, treatment and prevention options for pink eye disease in cattle

Pinkeye can cause permanent blindness, impacting reproduction rates, workplace health and safety, and animal welfare. This project will estimate the …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    1 Aug 2018 -
    30 Dec 2021

  • Research organisation

    The University of Sydney (USYD)

Other rural industries
Research project

FECPAC Validation for Use in Goats

This project will address validation of diagnostic methods for worm burdens in goats based on FECPAC, an internet connected, image …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    15 Jun 2020 -
    31 Dec 2020

Beef cattle
Automation
Research project

Evaluation of automated bunk management

Further research data is required to determine the animal performance response (carcase weight, feed intake, morbidity and mortality) to semi …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    1 Jun 2019 -
    15 Dec 2021

Cross industry
Research project

Validation & optimisation of the AWI Smart tag

This project proposes to validate the setting configurations for the AWI SMART Tag to predict sheep behaviour and location through …
  • Funded by

    Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)

  • Project date

    31 Jul 2018 -
    31 Aug 2019

  • Research organisation

    University of New England (UNE)

Sheep & lamb
Research project

Female Reproduction Phenobank and Validation

This project will use stored DNA samples to genotype animals with existing phenotypic records, to help reduce the time to …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    30 May 2018 -
    20 Oct 2021

  • Research organisation

    The University of Queensland (UQ)

Multiple industries
Beef cattle Sheep & lamb
Research project

Community Attitudes toward gene editing

This project will use qualitative methods to explore and understand current public and producer knowledge and attitudes to gene editing …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    8 Apr 2020 -
    1 Oct 2021

  • Research organisation

    The University of Adelaide (UA)

Beef cattle
Research project

Target Review of NFAS

This project constitutes the first periodic review of the National Feedlot Accreditation Scheme (NFAS). The aim of the review is …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    18 Dec 2019 -
    30 Dec 2020

  • Research organisation

    Schuster Consulting Group Pty Ltd

Beef cattle
Research project

Feeding Leucaena to manage the rumen for performance

This project investigated the comparative animal performance of the new psyllid resistant Leucaena, “Redlands”, against a standard modern cultivar, Wonder …
  • Funded by

    Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA)

  • Project date

    27 Apr 2018 -
    29 Jun 2022

  • Research organisation

    Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (QDAF)

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